Dodge/Ram HD truck specs 2003-2019
Got really bored at work today and curiosity took over after discussing specs with a co-worker who had an older 3500 SRW. He did not believe me when I stated that the 2014+ HD trucks with the new fra...
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Fuzzy Bear wrote:LIKE2BUILD wrote:Grit dog wrote:
You've been around this forum long enough to know that answer...or are you just seeing of there's any hungry weight cops that will bite on what your casting? Lol
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No, not fishing. It just seems on 1/2 tons the numbers usually work out pretty square. So, when folks jump on here asking “can I tow this....” we tell them to stay within the numbers and it’s solid advice. On these 2500’s Ram seems to have thrown this out the window. My comment was more of an open ponder. I know it’s more of a legal number but it really floors me the truck can handle 1.25 tons more than the badge rating.
I’m certainly glad it can. I’ve hauled maxed out on everything a few times and it’s pulled just fine and I never felt over matched by the trailer. I can’t say I want to do that routinely, but the beast has the chassis and grunt to handle right up to all the ratings.
This was a big lesson for me moving from Washington State to Massachusetts. I had a 2008 3500 DRW with a 5K slide in camper. In Washington the truck was registered for 13K and the camper had to be registered too. Massachusetts considered the camper cargo so no need to register it. The truck however had to be registered commercial because the GVWR was over 10100# and had dual wheels. This also required commercial insurance! We moved to a travel trailer so no more need for the dually and commercial registration and insurance. Sold the dually and now have a 2500. The GVWR at 10K lets me register it as a passenger vehicle (yeah, got my veteran plates again!) and no longer have commercial insurance. Registration is good for 2 years versus every year for a commercial vehicle. And I save the hour of labor on inspections. So my take is that the manufacturers keep the GVWR at 10K to make their truck more marketable in these areas.
Doug
Yep! This is why Ford sells an F350 that you can option to be de-rated to 10k GVWR. It is identical to the regular F350, but with a 10k GVWR for those that don't want to register it under commercial use. Ram and GM seem to take a different approach, they beef up their 2500 closer to the 3500.
At least up until 2019. There seems to be a much greater spread on GAWR's between the 2019 2500's and SRW 3500's.
